Colchester Zoo

Adopt an animal and help support them in all their conservation efforts!

There are baby changing facilities and bottle warming upon request at the food outlets

There are a number of places you can grab something to eat! The main food and drink outlets are Penguini’s Restaurant (breakfast, pizza, pasta) and Meerkat Hangout (snacks, treats & drinks), both open at 9:30am. Then the Gourmet Sausage and The Waterhole open at 10:30am.

For those little ones, make sure you book a FREE Jungle Tumble Play area session to enjoy a 45 minute session in their soft play area!

Colchester Zoo does! The Outpost Gift shop is also possible to visit without zoo admission too.

There are garden items, soft toys and t-shirts, beautiful sculptures and amazing gifts. You can also personalise a number of Colchester Zoo souvenirs, from keyrings and magnets to drinking flasks and bags!

The zoo welcome school visits! They offer great discounts for students and give students incredible learning opportunities with the animals!

There are disabled toilets in every toilet block. Baby changing facilities for females are in every toilet block, and in 60% of male toilet blocks. There are also baby feeding rooms in most toilet blocks and rooms for female breastfeeding in two of the toilet blocks.

There are baby changing facilities and bottle warming upon request at the food outlets

Gluten Free, Vegetarian and Vegan options at the food outlets!

They can hire out a limited number of manual wheelchairs and electric scooters inside the zoo grounds next to the zoo main entrance, but these have to be booked 24 hours ahead of time.

The terrain is naturally hilly (very hilly) in some places with many slopes and some steep hills. The majority of the paths around the zoo can be accessed by wheelchair and have a variety of hard surface types from block paving, decking board and concrete / tarmacadam.

Check out the additional experiences you can enjoy at the zoo, such as enjoying giraffe feeds!